| Pherendates | |
| Style: | Satrap of Egypt |
| Predecessor: | Aryandes |
| Successor: | Achaemenes |
| Dynasty: | 27th Dynasty |
| Pharaoh: | Darius I |
| Father: | Megabazus |
Pherendates (Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.);: [[wiktionary:Reconstruction:Old Persian/Farnadātaʰ|*Farnadātaʰ]];[1] Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[wiktionary:Φερενδάτης|Φερενδάτης]]) was an Achaemenid satrap of ancient Egypt in the early 5th century BCE, at the time of the Achaemenid 27th Dynasty of Egypt.
A son of Megabazus, and an army commander under king Darius I,[2] Pherendates is mainly attested from three letters written in Egyptian Demotic. He replaced the satrap Aryandes who was deposed by Darius around 496 BCE;[1] although the exact accession date of Pherendates is unknown. Pherendates was definitely the satrap in 492 BCE.[3]
In the aforementioned letters, certain priests of the local temple of Khnum at Elephantine asked Pherendates to take care of some of their business in their place, a rather standard request to the pharaoh (or his representative, such as in this case) in any period of ancient Egyptian history.
In 486–485 BCE a revolt occurred in Egypt, which was quelled in 484 BCE by a new satrap, Achaemenes. It is possible that Pherendates lost his life during the turmoil.